Empowering Communities Worldwide Through GeoCommunities
GeoCommunities uses research, mapping and community collaboration to improve health, equity, and prosperity of people around the world. This program connects academic expertise with local knowledge to address real-world challenges, helping communities build on their cultural and geographic strengths, and to exchange ideas and solutions with others facing similar challenges globally. GeoCommunities works in communities ranging from Minnesota, USA to Kerala, India.
Led by the University of Minnesota and the University at Buffalo, and in partnership with institutions including the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Goa, and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, GeoCommunities supports communities as they develop and apply practical, place-based solutions. GeoCommunities helps communities around the world grow and thrive, using the UN Sustainable Development Goals as our metric.
GeoCommunities Program Goals and Timeline
GeoCommunities has a long-term vision to build a global center that will address global problems with local solutions. The UMN has provided significant funds to start the initiative, and it will seek a broad base of funding through philanthropy, state, industry, and federal agencies.
Your gift to GeoCommunities will help local communities around the world grow and thrive.